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Peace Bridge – A New Calgary Icon

Heath OFee — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:10:15 +0000

This past Saturday afternoon the newly finished Peace Bridge in Calgary had its official opening. The Santiago Calatrava designed pedestrian bridge has been a number of years in the making, and its construction was wrought with controversy over missed timelines and budget issues. The city still seems split; some love it while others feel it was a great big waste of money (~25 million). Me? I think its gonna make for some great photographs, and below is the first of what I’m sure will be many studies of this interesting new icon.

Tiny Skyline

Heath OFee — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:40:56 +0000

I’m back after a two day absence! Life is a little hectic right now…moved into a new building at work on Monday and I’m leaving this Saturday for my wedding in Mexico! As a result, I’m not sure how often I’ll be posting for the remainder of this week.

This is a shot from back in August. Initially, I wasn’t entirely happy with the brackets I collected from this location. But I went back to a few of them last night and, with the help of onOne’s Phototools, was able to get something I’m quite happy with.

Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5, 10mm, F 16, ISO 100, 5 Exposures

Centenary Park Bridge

Heath OFee — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:39:28 +0000

A couple nights ago I ventured down to Centenary park to attempt some sunset/blue hour shots of the Calgary skyline. I knew the exact spot I wanted to shoot from because I had been there a few years ago with my dad’s old Canon FT-b and his trusty old 50mm f/1.8 manual focus lens. This was the first SLR camera I ever used and I had a ton of fun with it for about 6 months until I bought my first DSLR.

While the photos of the skyline still need a bit more tweaking, I did take one other set of brackets of the bridge leading into Centenary Park. This shot is a bit of a re-creation of an old photo I shot on film from years past. I’ve always known I wanted to try the shot again because the colors came out completely wrong on film. I’ve put both images in this post…the top one was shot the other night and the greeny looking bottom one was shot on film all those years ago. Hopefully the new one is an improvement!

Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5, 10mm, F 16, ISO 100, 4 Exposures